Creswell Crags and the Harley Gallery - Part Two

I can't remember how long it has been since we visited The Harley Gallery which is sited on part of the Welbeck Estate.  The area is next to a Notcutts Garden Centre where often when we travelled home we would take my Mum and Dad  for lunch.  This was way before The Harley Gallery opened.  The last time we were there we met up with a friend I have known since we were about five or six years old at school.  It's funny, we rarely see each other now but when we do meet up it's as if we only saw each other the day before.

When the gallery first opened it was a show case for artists and crafts people with a display of paintings and silverware which belonged to the various Dukes and Earls of Portland.  Since 2016 these items and more are now housed in the The Portland Collection Museum which is in the courtyard next to the gallery alongside the Welbeck farm shop and cafe.

Below - inside the Harley Gallery

Some family  names associated with Welbeck Abbey. Cavendish, Harley and Bentinck. I believe the present Earl of Portland is the actor Tim Bentinck.

Inside was an exhibition of fruit and flowers made from glass by Neil Wilkin and Rachel Woodman. 

 

The Portland Collection houses unseen treasures from Welbeck Abbey.

Above 'Lit a la Polonaisse' or the Talleyrand Bed c. 1700 bought by the 6th Duke of Portland last century.

Enamel portraits by Jean Petitot including portraits of both Charles I and Charles II (as a young boy) Queen Henrietta Maria and the Duke and Duchess of Buckingham.

Above Margaret Stuart, Countess of Nottingham by Paul van Somer

 Above Madme de La Valliere c. 1665 by Casper Netscher.

 Back outside in the heat of the day we walked a little way along the Art Trail which runs between the Harley Couryard and Creswell Crags (see my post of 4 June) it wasn't a long walk just 0.6 miles.

 Good paths along the way and shelter under the trees.

Tree Sculptures along the way.

 Halfway along there is a busy road to cross.

I think you can see from the photos how hot the day was.

All for now.